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    Nikhil's awesome book thread

    reminds me...havent read any mattew reilly since ice station and temple....which of his works are as good (or better:ohyeah:) as ice station wilbur smith has seventh scrolls which is an intersting mysery/archeao ...... but wont have the pace of mattew reilly
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    Nikhil's awesome book thread

    finished "made in Japan" by Akio Morita Akio morita is one of founders of Sony and book covers the sony growth story and bit of an insight into the japanese way of doing things (vis - a vis the american/european). the book starts of at around the WWII era and leaves you impressed with the way...
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    Need help with selecting mp3 player.

    check the forum anythingbutipod. . .You will find the answer
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    computer hanging

    can you specify exactly when its hanging or whether it is random..does it hang while windows is loading (the screen where its written windows xp with black backgorund)? or are you able to login ? does the pc shut down / restart by itself?
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    Request or Offer Invites here (NO Trades!)

    Re: Post screenshots of Ratio Proof - Get an Invite (NO Trades!) kindof new to the torrent scene....like to have an invite to IPT/TL ...and invite to BWT :)
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    Your most stable phone

    same here..used for 3 years till i lost it...it fell from the 2nd floor once...was with me in a accident when the vehicle rolled over twice...but its joystick had issues the nokia lovers here may not have used e50 ( glued together cheapo ) or n73
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    I grew up watching these

    ha..gaint robot..was trying to rem that name...it was a hot fav in those days wonder years was another fav..it is still just as good to watch :)
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    Post Sites open for signup Thread

    Scenesound.org - Login is open for signup on 24th
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    Earphones sapping battery...?

    16 ohm is fine and is in he lower end only ..... dunno wat "at 1kHz" means
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    Avatar-Movie of the year

    try making a top 10 of this year using any parameter and the list will look just as shitty...
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    Avatar-Movie of the year

    catch a local from bandra..ones going to CST and panvel do go through wadala and are less crowded than all other routes.
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    Nikhil's awesome book thread

    in that case why not recommend the master of the game ...Terry Pratchett :hap5: its difficult to recommend any one book in particular..but perhaps his most famous discworld novel would be MORT "it is the fourth Discworld novel and the first to focus on the Death of the Discworld, who only...
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    Nikhil's awesome book thread

    my bad. . . Should have made that clear for a book on that subject. . .yes its unbiased . . .
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    Nikhil's awesome book thread

    Kashmir: behind the vale by M. J. Akbar everything that you want to know about how kashmir became what it was now - right from kashmirs own history, india's political mistrust and blunder to pakistans greediness short, well researched and interesting read...recommended
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    easiest country to move to?

    i dont know what the written laws are for india and uae, but at social level things are a lot liberal than here (unless you count pissing in public places as a measure) as far as racism goes, one faces that in once own country, be it religion, state, veg - non veg (!)...so it wont get any worse...
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    Self Pwnage by Shivsena chief ??!!

    AFAIK iran and north korea arent democracies and doesnt have high standards of living...and the economic development in SE asia looked on to Japan (democracy) for inspiration....so linking type of gov and economy isnt practical
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    Suggest some books

    the stand and the dark series are ones that are most loved by fans...however i havent read both ...just started dark series... never liked his short stories and so didnt love skeleton crew salem's lot by stephen king is about vampire ... its the book which depicted ghost towns being created by...
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    Suggest some books

    life of pi is highly recommended, something that will be difficult/ impossible to capture in a movie..it isnt boring like the other acclaimed books (salman rusdie and likes) among indian authors there is R. K. Narayan...easy read ...try swami and friends, english teacher white tiger already...
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    Suggest some books

    for grisham, try 'the partner'...dont worry it will surprise you:ohyeah: conspiracy theory...dont know any dan brown type thats good though most esponage novels are conspiracy theories :p freakonomics is an easy read, thats why its a bestseller :D